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115<br />
115<br />
A BRAHMINY KITE<br />
CALCUTTA SCHOOL, NORTH EAST <strong>INDIA</strong>, LATE 18TH CENTURY<br />
Opaque pigments and ink on European paper (J. Whatman) marked with a<br />
Strasburg lily, the majestic kite perched on a branch with an inventory number<br />
579 and an identifcation inscription in nasta’liq along the lower margin,<br />
mounted, framed and glazed<br />
18æ x 12æin. (47.6 x 32.1cm.)<br />
£20,000-30,000 $29,000-43,000<br />
€25,000-37,000<br />
116<br />
A MALE BLACK FRANCOLIN<br />
BY RAM DAS, CALCUTTA, EASTERN <strong>INDIA</strong>, 1777-82<br />
Pencil and watercolour on European paper (J. Whatman), heightened with<br />
bodycolour, numbered ‘161’ in top left corner, inscribed ‘In the Collection<br />
of Lady Impey, Painted by Ram Das Native of Patna’ and with identifcation<br />
inscription in Urdu in the lower left corner, mounted, framed and glazed<br />
Folio 18¡ x 12æin. (46.8 x 32.5cm.)<br />
£50,000-70,000 $72,000-100,000<br />
€63,000-87,000<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
With Martyn Gregory, London<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Acquired from Spink, 18 June 1998<br />
This painting depicts a Brahminy Kite (Haliastur Indus) which is also<br />
sometimes referred to as the Singapore Bald Eagle. The paper on which it<br />
is painted is watermarked J. Whatman, dating it to the late 18th century. J.<br />
Whatman was the producer of much of the paper that folios from the famous<br />
Impey album were painted on, see for instance the following lot.
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